—Has Tim started? He said he would join in the party.
—He . He is a man of his word.
A. could have left B. must have left
C. cant come D. wont be coming
科目:高中英语 来源:2011-2012学年广东省惠州市实验中学高二上学期期中考试英语卷 题型:阅读理解
A company advertised in the newspaper for a sales position. Details of the requirements, salary and benefits were given. It was also clearly stated that applicants needed to take an aptitude test (能力倾向测试) and an interview. However, looking at the whole advertisement, one could not find any contact information of the company.
Most interested applicants thought that it was the company’s HR department’s carelessness or a printing error. They therefore waited patiently for the newspaper to publish an amendment(订正). But instead of waiting for the newspaper to publish the company details, another three applicants took the initiative(主动性) to find out the company’s contact information themselves.
Tim did a search on the Internet. By typing the company’s name, he easily obtained all the information including its contact number. Lisa called up the local telephone number search service and found out the company’s office number. She called up the office and got the required contact information. Donna put in a greater effort in her search. She remembered seeing a poster by the same company in the city so she drove all the way down and made a few rounds to search for it. She finally found it together with the company’s contact information.
Three days after that advertisement was published in the newspaper, most interested applicants were still waiting eagerly for an amendment. On the other hand, the application letters and resumes of Tim, Lisa and Donna had already reached the hands of the company’s HR manager. They were then called up for an interview. During the interview, all went well and immediately they were hired. The three of them were a little surprised at how fast things went on. They were expecting for an aptitude test as stated in the advertisement. The HR director answered them, smiling, “Our test is hidden in the advertisement itself. To be a good salesperson in this age, he or she has to be broad-minded and very importantly, does not follow rigid (死板的) steps or rules. You are all clever. In a short time, you’ve managed to find ways of contacting us. It shows clearly that you have passed the test with flying colors!”
The fools sit around waiting for their chances whereas the wise actively take actions with great initiative.
【小题1】According to the passage the company wanted to test the applicants’ ______.
A.sales skills | B.carefulness | C.attitude | D.initiative |
A.Tim’s. | B.Lisa’s. | C.Donna’s. | D.None. |
A.The HR manager of the company made a mistake. |
B.The company meant to omit (遗漏) its contact information. |
C.The HR manager of the company was unfit for his / her job. |
D.A printing error occurred in the advertisement in the newspaper. |
A.Many applicants thought the company made a mistake. |
B.The advertisement was very special to many applicants. |
C.Whoever found the company’s contact information didn’t need to have an interview. |
D.The company needed broad-minded and clever salespersons. |
A.no contact information seen in an advertisement might not be the company’s mistake |
B.applicants should be careful not to be fooled by the company’s advertisement |
C.opportunity always belongs to whoever is active and broad-minded |
D.there are many successful chances to be found in this age |
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科目:高中英语 来源:安徽省合肥市2010年高三第二次教学质量检测英语试题 题型:阅读理解
Homebuyers nationwide are watching housing prices going up, up, and up. “How high can they go?” is the question on everyone’s lips? “As long as interest rates stay around 5 percent, there’s no telling,” remarked one realtor in Santa Monica, California.
“It’s crazy,” said Tim, who is looking for a house near the beach. “In 1993, I bought my first place, a two-bedroom condominium in Venice, for $70,000. My friends thought then that I was overpaying. Five years later, I had to move. I sold it for $230,000, which was a nice profit. Last year, while visiting friends here, I saw in the local paper that the exact same condo was for sale for $510,000!”
It is a seller’s market. Homebuyers feel like they have to offer at least 10 percent more than the asking price. Donna, a new owner of a one-bedroom condo in Venice Beach, said, “That’s what I did. I told the owner that whatever anyone offers you, I’ll give you $20,000 more, under the table, so you don’t have to pay your realtor any of it. I was tired of looking.”
Tim says he hopes he doesn’t get that desperate. “Whether you decide to buy or decide not to buy, you still feel like you made the wrong decision. If you buy, you feel like you overpaid. If you don’t buy, you want to kick yourself for passing up a great opportunity.”
Everyone says the bubble(泡沫) has to burst sometime, but everyone hopes it will burst the day after they sell their house. Even government officials have no idea what the future will bring. “All we can say is that, inevitably, these things go in cycles,” said the state director of housing. “What goes up must come down. But, as we all know, housing prices always stay up a little higher than they go down. So you can’t lose over the long run. Twenty years down the road, your house is always worth more than you paid for it.”
60.If Tim had sold his flat last year, he could have earned .
A.$ 510,000 B.$ 440,000 C.$ 280,000 D.$ 160,000
61.Donna paid another $ 20,000 to the owner secretly because .
A.she felt like offering 10% more B.secret money made low price
C.the owner asked for the money D.she was bored with bargaining
62.We can infer from Tim’s words in paragraph 4 that .
A.homebuyers feel hesitate facing rising house prices
B.buying a house is always a great opportunity
C.homebuyers never make the right decision
D.both sellers and buyers become desperate
63.What is the author’s opinion about the housing bubble?
A.It is something everyone hates to see
B.Only experts know when it will burst
C.It is unavoidable in the regular circles
D.It usually stays for about twenty years
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科目:高中英语 来源:2012届湖北省黄冈市黄州区一中高三精品模拟试卷(一)英语(解析版) 题型:阅读理解
The days of Europeans relaxing in the cafe with a newspaper and a seemingly endless cup of coffee appear to be numbered.A new English expression is popular in Europe these days:“coffee to go.”
“Five or ten years ago it was much more normal to sit in a cafe for several hours than it is nowadays,”says Joann,who works in a central Berlin coffee bar owned by the Canadian coffee and bakery chain Tim’s.
“There is a trend towards a more fast-paced life.But people still act surprised when you ask if the coffee is‘to go’.You mean I can take it with me? they ask..”
“Europe is often five or eight years behind trends in America,”says Joann.“In the States.‘coffee to go’is part of everyday life.”
Owing in part to Starbucks,it appears to be very much part of everyday life in many other countries too.
The Seattle-based group compete with a growing number of global chains in attempting to reshape coffee drinking cultures in regions including Asia and the Middle East.
The US is the model for continental Europe’s new“coffee to go”culture:Each of the new cafe bars offers bagels,muffins,brownies and cookies to go with the coffee.
But then,“coffee to go’’might sound a little odd to English ears used to the words “takeaway”or take one.
It does sum up the brisker pace of life since the city resumed its status as the German capital following the fall of the Berlin wall in 1989.
As one more sign of the changing times,one of Berlin’s most venerable(古老而庄重的)coffee houses,cafe Einstein,has followed the trend by opening a small chain of coffee shops across the city.
Taking coffee,slowly and in decorous(端正的)surroundings,has been a feature of European coffee houses,particularly in German speaking countries,for decades.
For the elderly citzens of Vienna it amounts to a ritual(仪式)when they gather in coffee houses around the city for a cup of their favovrite drink and a piece of rich,creamy cake.
【小题1】From the passage,we can see that .
A.“coffee to go” springs in Europe these days |
B.Europe is often a few years before trends in America |
C.America often follows Europe’s “coffee to go”culture |
D.it’s easy to reshape coffee drinking cultures in the Middle East |
A.food | B.newspaper | C.drink | D.music |
A.Europeans live a more fast-paced life now |
B.The coffee is much cheaper |
C.Europeans are used to taking away the coffee |
D.the coffee is easy to take away |
A.“coffee to go ”as part of daily life |
B.sitting in a cafe bar for several hours |
C.having coffee slowly in a pleasant atmosphere |
D.taking away coffee in a hurry |
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科目:高中英语 来源:2011-2012学年湖北省黄冈市高三精品模拟试卷(一)英语(解析版) 题型:阅读理解
The days of Europeans relaxing in the cafe with a newspaper and a seemingly endless cup of coffee appear to be numbered.A new English expression is popular in Europe these days:“coffee to go.”
“Five or ten years ago it was much more normal to sit in a cafe for several hours than it is nowadays,”says Joann,who works in a central Berlin coffee bar owned by the Canadian coffee and bakery chain Tim’s.
“There is a trend towards a more fast-paced life.But people still act surprised when you ask if the coffee is‘to go’.You mean I can take it with me? they ask..”
“Europe is often five or eight years behind trends in America,”says Joann.“In the States.‘coffee to go’is part of everyday life.”
Owing in part to Starbucks,it appears to be very much part of everyday life in many other countries too.
The Seattle-based group compete with a growing number of global chains in attempting to reshape coffee drinking cultures in regions including Asia and the Middle East.
The US is the model for continental Europe’s new“coffee to go”culture:Each of the new cafe bars offers bagels,muffins,brownies and cookies to go with the coffee.
But then,“coffee to go’’might sound a little odd to English ears used to the words “takeaway”or take one.
It does sum up the brisker pace of life since the city resumed its status as the German capital following the fall of the Berlin wall in 1989.
As one more sign of the changing times,one of Berlin’s most venerable(古老而庄重的)coffee houses,cafe Einstein,has followed the trend by opening a small chain of coffee shops across the city.
Taking coffee,slowly and in decorous(端正的)surroundings,has been a feature of European coffee houses,particularly in German speaking countries,for decades.
For the elderly citzens of Vienna it amounts to a ritual(仪式)when they gather in coffee houses around the city for a cup of their favovrite drink and a piece of rich,creamy cake.
1.From the passage,we can see that .
A、“coffee to go” springs in Europe these days
B、Europe is often a few years before trends in America
C、America often follows Europe’s “coffee to go”culture
D、it’s easy to reshape coffee drinking cultures in the Middle East
2.Every new cafe bar offers some to go with the coffee
A、food B、newspaper C、drink D、music
3.More and more Europeans have takeaway coffee because .
A、Europeans live a more fast-paced life now
B、The coffee is much cheaper
C、Europeans are used to taking away the coffee
D、the coffee is easy to take away
4.The characteristic of European coffee houses is .
A、“coffee to go ”as part of daily life
B、sitting in a cafe bar for several hours
C、having coffee slowly in a pleasant atmosphere
D、taking away coffee in a hurry
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科目:高中英语 来源:2013届广东省惠州市高二上学期期中考试英语题 题型:阅读理解
A company advertised in the newspaper for a sales position. Details of the requirements, salary and benefits were given. It was also clearly stated that applicants needed to take an aptitude test (能力倾向测试) and an interview. However, looking at the whole advertisement, one could not find any contact information of the company.
Most interested applicants thought that it was the company’s HR department’s carelessness or a printing error. They therefore waited patiently for the newspaper to publish an amendment(订正). But instead of waiting for the newspaper to publish the company details, another three applicants took the initiative(主动性) to find out the company’s contact information themselves.
Tim did a search on the Internet. By typing the company’s name, he easily obtained all the information including its contact number. Lisa called up the local telephone number search service and found out the company’s office number. She called up the office and got the required contact information. Donna put in a greater effort in her search. She remembered seeing a poster by the same company in the city so she drove all the way down and made a few rounds to search for it. She finally found it together with the company’s contact information.
Three days after that advertisement was published in the newspaper, most interested applicants were still waiting eagerly for an amendment. On the other hand, the application letters and resumes of Tim, Lisa and Donna had already reached the hands of the company’s HR manager. They were then called up for an interview. During the interview, all went well and immediately they were hired. The three of them were a little surprised at how fast things went on. They were expecting for an aptitude test as stated in the advertisement. The HR director answered them, smiling, “Our test is hidden in the advertisement itself. To be a good salesperson in this age, he or she has to be broad-minded and very importantly, does not follow rigid (死板的) steps or rules. You are all clever. In a short time, you’ve managed to find ways of contacting us. It shows clearly that you have passed the test with flying colors!”
The fools sit around waiting for their chances whereas the wise actively take actions with great initiative.
1.According to the passage the company wanted to test the applicants’ ______.
A.sales skills |
B.carefulness |
C.attitude |
D.initiative |
2. Whose search skill is the easiest of all?
A.Tim’s. |
B.Lisa’s. |
C.Donna’s. |
D.None. |
3.What can we infer from the passage?
A.The HR manager of the company made a mistake. |
B.The company meant to omit (遗漏) its contact information. |
C.The HR manager of the company was unfit for his / her job. |
D.A printing error occurred in the advertisement in the newspaper. |
4.Which of the statements is NOT correct according to the passage?
A.Many applicants thought the company made a mistake. |
B.The advertisement was very special to many applicants. |
C.Whoever found the company’s contact information didn’t need to have an interview. |
D.The company needed broad-minded and clever salespersons. |
5.The writer wants to tell us through this passage that ______.
A.no contact information seen in an advertisement might not be the company’s mistake |
B.applicants should be careful not to be fooled by the company’s advertisement |
C.opportunity always belongs to whoever is active and broad-minded |
D.there are many successful chances to be found in this age |
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